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Captain Fantastic! Alexandre Lacazette enjoys a dream homecoming as his goal and assist fires Lyon to a 2-1 win over promoted Ajaccio in a match that saw BOTH sides have players sent off

Alexandre Lacazette bagged a goal and an assist on his return to Ligue 1 as Lyon kicked off its campaign by beating newly-promoted Ajaccio 2-1 on Friday.

Lacazette, who left Arsenal to return to his former club this summer, teed up Brazilian winger Tete, who opened the scoring with a first-time effort in the 12th minute.

Tete proved a thorn in the side of the Ajaccio defence all evening. He forced goalkeeper Benjamin Leroy into an early save with a dipping long-range strike in what was a sign of things to come.